This year's Confirmands: Click here to fill out your Worship Response Forms and Service Project Response Forms.
 Our 2012 Confirmands visited the Hindu Mission in Chicago: http://mychinmaya.org/ Their hospitality was incredible. We hope to connect with them again! |  Confirmation Class of 2011. A year of big questions and getting to know one another. Our ladies-only confirmation class (just by happenstance) so thankful for each and every one of these faithful women!
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CONFIRMATION: [God + People + Service]
Finding your path, one day at a time...Confirmation is not a destination, but a journey. Come journey with fellow youth at our church this year. Explore faith and friendship. Ask questions. Play. Pray. Serve. Grow. Know. Understand. Discover.
Confirmation at FCCLG is also called GPS which stands for God + People + Service. Just like a GPS device helps you find your way, so will confirmation. Together, we will look for God in the world around us. You will meet people of faith in our own congregations and learn about people of faith from many different times and places. You will also become more aware of the ways that you are a person of faith. We will go to worship services together, and do service projects together. You will be able to ask big questions like:
- who am I?
- what should I do with my life?
- who is God?
- what do I believe?
- what does it take to be a person of faith?
 | You’re not a kid anymore. Your life is in transition, from childhood to adulthood. And in the process, your faith is changing too. You have big questions, and are looking for something more. Confirmation is a time to look back at what has kept your faith rooted as a child, ask all of those big questions, and start talking about your faith in your own terms. Confirmation is about building relationships and making connections. Through confirmation, you are invited into relationship with God, with this church, and with people of faith around the world. |
 | You and your mentor will get together at least 6 times between now and Confirmation Sunday. You will...
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- Attend a Church Council Meeting, or ministry meeting together (Ed., Mission, Property, Nurture, Worship)
- Go to the church Annual Meeting together and discuss afterwards. Go to a church event together (picnic, Choral Sermon, Harvest Home Dinner, Chili Cook Off, Dinners for 8)
- Sign up to help in worship in some way (helping with Sunday school, reading scripture or being liturgists together, playing a musical instrument, being an usher, serving refreshments at coffee hour)
- Go to a church other than ours, or a mosque, synagogue or other house of worship together and report back to our confirmation class.
 | Ex..pec..ta..tions [ek-spek-tey-shuhns] On the one hand, confirmation is designed specifically for our 8th graders to explore their faith. On the other hand, confirmation is a journey we take together: it includes confirmands, parents, mentors, pastors and the whole congregation. Confirmands are expected to...
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- Be open to growing in your faith.
- Start to see the connection between faith and everyday life.
- Become more aware of basic biblical stories.
- Share in the worship life of the church, and learn the basic elements of worship.
- Know more about the history of the church, the UCC and our own congregation.
- Feel a part of the life of this church by connecting with other members and by sharing your own gifts.
Parents are expected to...
- Set expectations for your youth about church participation, participation in confirmation projects and activities, and youth group events.
- Ensure that your young person is meeting with their mentor on a regular basis.
- Set an example by your own participation in the church.
- Help with driving, chaperoning or organizing as needed.
- Stay in close communication with Pastor Katie if there are any questions or concerns.
Mentors are expected to...
- Meet informally with your confirmand to get to know him/her
- Develop a relationship by working together on service projects, attending special worship services, and going to other special events throughout the year.
- Talk about faith in a way that is authentic to your own faith journey. You are not expected to “have all the answers” or have “correct responses” to questions you might come across in conversations together. Explore the mysteries of God together.
- Be yourself.
- Have fun.
